The Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition performed well in Deus Ex: Human Revolution despite being just 3% faster than the standard 7970. Averaging 66fps meant that the Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition was 6% faster than the GeForce GTX 680 and 14% faster than the GTX 670.

The Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition provided a 14% performance gain over the standard 7970 when testing with Hard Reset as it averaged 50fps. Yet despite this impressive gain it was still 2% slower than the GeForce GTX 670 and 12% slower than the GTX 680.